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Contents
I. Introduction 5
II. Methods 6
III. Results 9
IV. Discussion 12
V. References 16
VI. Abstract 18
Table 1. Patient characteristics 10
Figure 1. Flow diagram of the study participants. 7
Figure 2. Changes in esophageal temperature (upper) and calf-minus-toe skin-temperature gradient (bottom) in patients undergoing minor surgery with propofol-remifentanil... 11